Nm imaging thyroid single/multiple uptake(s) quantitative measurement(s) at Sequoia Hospital

170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1568646735

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,504.05

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,132.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$213.50 with Kaiser vs $4,132.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $213.50 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|> 21 $213.50 ↓ -86%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|< 21 $213.50 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $213.50 ↓ -86%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $213.50 ↓ -86%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $213.50 ↓ -86%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|> 21 $262.61 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $262.61 ↓ -83%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $262.61 ↓ -83%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicaid|< 21 $262.61 ↓ -83%
Brown Toland Medicare|All Plans $319.78 ↓ -79%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
Health Net Commercial|Canopy Health $589.28 ↓ -61%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
Health Plan San Mateo Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
Chinese Community Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $589.28 ↓ -61%
Brown Toland Commercial|All Plans $648.21 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|Options PPO $848.52 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $848.52 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|HMO $848.52 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,154.25 ↓ -23%
Connected Care Commercial|Intel $1,776.76 ↑ +18%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $1,844.45 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Plans $2,394.45 ↑ +59%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $2,507.21 ↑ +67%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $2,809.76 ↑ +87%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $3,181.64 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,388.24 ↑ +125%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $4,132.00 ↑ +175%

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Nm imaging thyroid single/multiple uptake(s) quantitative measurement(s) at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $881.70 $323.00 – $1,824.90
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $817.28 $80.37 – $1,181.46
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma $1,130.16 $538.74 – $1,404.48
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $1,377.74 $213.50 – $2,744.00
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $1,297.37 $213.50 – $1,909.04
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $1,110.54 $213.50 – $2,083.30
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $317.21 $213.50 – $1,976.45
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $313.79 $213.50 – $1,976.45

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